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The Weather To-day: FAIR: VERY WARM. The News and Observer. VOL. XLVI. NO. 57. mm ILL NORTH CAROLINA DAILIES 11 lE*S 111 dfjTll, CONVENTION OF BAPTISTS CLOSES Liquor Dealers Barred From the Church, DR. TAYLOR ON DR. GREEN PROF. POTEAT’S BRILLIANT HIS COI’RSE OX CHRISTIANITY. FOREIGN MISSIONS A BURNING QUESTION C. H. Winston, of Virginia, Elected President of the Board. Hot Springs, Arkansas, is the Place Chosen for the Next Convention. Louisville. Ky., May 10. —Hot Springs has been eliosen as the next place of meeting' of the Baptist Con vention C. H. Winston, of Virginia, was elect ed President of the Foreign Mission Board, Henry McDonald, President of the Mission Board and F. E. Foulk, of Tennessee, President of the School House Board. A resolution affirming the hostility of the convention to the liquor traffic and stating it as the sense of the dele gates that no Baptist, church should allow a dealer in liquor in its congre gation was introduced. This resolu tion upholds the action of a Louis ville Baptist church in turning out of its fold all members engaged in the traffic of liquor. The resolution was amended to in clude only those dealing in liquor as a beverage and in this shape it was adopted. I>R. TAYLOR ON DR. GREEN. Yesterday’s Biblical Recorder says: ‘‘Dr. ('has. E, Taylor attended the meeting of the Trustees of the Southern Raping Theological Seminary at Louis ville and has this to say: ‘The meeting of the Seminary Board on Saturday was one of the most delightful that I ever attended. It. seemed as if the Spirit of the Lord came down upon the body, guiding into perfect harmony and unani mity. It was good to be there. Dr. Greene, whom we elected as Brother Whitsitt’s successor, is a man of deep spirituality, of large common sense, of ample scholarship, and of largo and suc cessful experience in administration. He is a man of the people, absolutely without affectation or hobbies. 1 believe that we are out of the woods at last and that the Baptists of the South are going to get closer together than they have ever been. To God he the glory. It seems to me that no human jsiwer could have melted into harmony and unity such strongly diverging convictions as were found in the Board when we first met.' ” North Carolina is entitled to one new trustee of the Southern Baptist Theolo gical Seminary, and three names have been proposed from which the member will he chosen. They are W. N. Jones. Rev. .1. E. White and Rev. Livingston Johnson. It has been decided to Ik* fitting to commemorate the close of the nine teenth century, and that a day should he set apart, known as Memorial day. on which services shall he held in every Baptist church in the South to give 1 hanks for the blessings of the closing century, and invoke a continuance dur ing the century coming. A committee will he appointed before the convention closes, to decide on this day and to make the arrangements for its proper ob servance. Dr. Hawthorne made a fine s|R>eeli in favor of selecting Asheville as the next place of meeting, hut after an interesting contest Hot Springs, Ark., was chosen. DISCUSSION OF MISSIONARIES. The meeting at Warren Memorial church was presided over by the Rev. C. 11. Winston, chairman of the Board of Foreign Missions. After tin* singing of the opening hymn. “Conte, Thou Fount of Every Blessing," the Rev. George Cooper, of Richmond, Va., read a part of the sixtieth chapter of Isaiah and offered prayer. The object of the meeting was then stated by President Winston to he a discussion of missions. The first speak er was Dr. A. .1. Barton. Assistant Secretary of the Foreign Board of Missions. He began by stating that the mission problem involved real issues, and that the Baptists scarcely realized that they were burning issues. "My experi ence in an official capacity.” said he, "inis taught me the fact. Wo place mis sionary work too much on a commercial basis. We make it a matter of dollars and cents, when it should he made a matter of men or saving of souls. When a preacher begins to talk on missions liie members say. ‘There he goes beg ging again.’ They shuu a missionary secretary as if he were a monster. The very thought of missions to some means dollars fioating around. This is the wrong idea." The speaker then alluded to the fact that there was a morbid sentimentalism among some people that tin* heathen would he saved anyhow. He took the position that if any man who has not heard of Christ is not hopelessly lost, then all. from Adam down, are saved: that it was the shedding of the blood of Christ that made it possible for the people to expend money to save the lost. Man's loyalty to Christ should prompt us to freely give. In conclusion he said: "There should he an enlargement of the fit Ids of mis sions. and Christian people should not look at it as a matter of dollars and cents, hut from a humane point of view." TALK ON CHRISTIANITY. Prof. W. L. Pot eat of Wake Forest (fidlege, N. C.. followed with a short discourse on “Christianity. Its Relations to Other Religions, and Its Utt<>r Fitness as a Universal Religion.” Ho made the statement that there was not a people on the globe that did not have some kind of religion. A comparison was drawn between Christianity and Budd hism. and then Mohammedanism, lie stated that Buddhism was adapted to a certain class of priests or people, and has never flourished outside of the Orient: that Islamism was suited to certain so cial stages ,aml had attained its strength. On tin* other band, Christianity was of universal adaptation, suited to he re ceived by nil classes, all races of people and at all times. "Its mutability and adaptation," said he, "is wonderful, far above the human conception. It is bcild ed on faith. Beliefs differentiate and separate us. but faith unites us." The speaker dwelt at length on how rapidly Christianity was being diffused over the entire* world. He asserted that the actual achievements of Christianity gave every evidence needed to tin* belief that it would ultimately prevail. The Rev. J. 15. Gambrell. of Dallas, Texas, an old missionary, made an in struetive talk on missions, recounting the great benefits that have been derived from missionary work. Said he: “Paul, the great apostle, was a missionary and a Baptist, 1 presume. Yes, 1 know In* was a Baptist, for he fell out with a man over another man.” INJURY DONE BY STORM PENNSYLVANIA AND OHIO 'OWNS BY W L 0 WINDS. Houses Blown Down Heavy Fah of Mail. Ik cus Tent Collapses. Wall of a School H*use Crumbles. Mount Pleasant, Pa., May 10.—The storm which caught this section at 6 o'clock this evening was the most se vere and disastrous in many years. Rain fell in torrents and hail was so severe that it is feared crops an* bad ly damaged. Ten houses of tlu; Illi nois Steel Company at Moorwood, just under way of completion, and one belonging to the workmen, were blown to pieces. The large plate glass windows in the company’s store at that place were broken by the wind and hail. Till E BILLS AGAINST THEM. Great Revenue Cigar Stamp Case in U. S. District Court. Philadelphia. May Id. —Bills of indict ment were submitted to the grand jury in the Cnited States District Court against the principals and alleged co conspirators in the great revenue cigar stamp counterfeiting case recently ex posed by Secret Service men. Included among tin* hills are one charging former United States District Attorney Ingham with conspiracy, and his law partner and former assistant in the District Attor ney’s office, Harvey N. Newitt, with bribery of Secret Service Operative Mc- Manus. The others iimplicated all of whom have admitted their guilt, are William M. Jacobs and William L. Kendig, the Lancaster Tobacco dealers and ringlead ers in the scheme of counterfeiting Bald win S. Bredell. and Arthur Taylor, the engravers, who made the pl-ates, for t-i«* cigar stamps and in whose place in this city was found the plate from which the famous JflOO silver certificate ".Mon roe Head” counterfeit was printed, Sam m*[ B. Downey, of Lancaster, Deputy Collector of Revenue. whom Jacobs bribed, and .lames Burns, a workman in the .1 a cobs’ factory, where thousands of stamps and tons of paper were found. After deliberating for two hours the grand jury returned true Dills in each case. Three separate bills wei*e pre sented against Ingham and Newitt. SALE TO SOUTHERN RATIFIED. Charleston, S. May 16. —At a meeting of the stockholders of the Southern investment company held in this city today 1 lie sale of the Caro lina Midland to the Southern Railway Company was approved and ratified. By this purchase the Southern ac quires seventy-two miles of road, part of which can be used in the new line which the Southern is to build from Columbia, S. ('., to Savannah. (ill* THE PRESIDENT’S DRIVE. Hot Springs. Ya., May 16.—President and Mrs. 'McKinley drove to Warm Springs this morning about five miles from the hotel. The President drove himself, Mr. Sterrv offering his private team and trap. Comptroller and Mrs. Dawes, Mr. and Mrs. Rixev, Mr. Cor telyou and Mr. Barnes followed in .i carriage. GENERAL HENRY ARRIVES. New York, May Id—The United States transport McPherson, which left San Juan May bth. Ponce 10th and San tiago Ritli, arrived and anchored at quarantine this eventing, having on Liard ;General Guy V. Henry, the former Mili tary Governor of Porto Rico, staff and family. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY IT, 1899. VAST POWERS OF FIFE OIL TRUIjT I IRe Testimony of Attorney General Monett. THE SYSTEM OF CONTROL HOW RAILROADS DISCRIMINATE IN TRUSTS’ FAVOR. THE STANDARD’S ENORMOUS PROFITS All Over Four Cents a Gallon on Refined Oil is Profit, Declares Mr. Monett. Masses of the People Becoming Arous ed Against Trusts. Washington, May 1(5. —Attorney Gen eral Frank S. Monett, of Ohio, was be fore tin* Industrial Commission to-da.v as a witness in the trust investigation. His testimony related almost exclusively to the Standard Oil Trust, against which In* has been proceeding in his official capacity in Ohio. After detailing the particulars of the suit against tin* Standard Oil Company brought on be half of the State of Ohio, Mr. Monftt said that companies comprising the trust wen* so distributed as to control all the operations pertaining to the production, transportation, refining and delivery of the products of the oil wells, in Ohio, including even its own telegraph system. Referring to this telegraph line Mr. Monett said it had been developed that it was exchanging business with tin* Western Union Company, acting as a common carrier and making a cheaper rate to the constituent members of the trust than to other customers, functions which were outside the corporate au thority of the trust. lie also complained of the discrimination in railroad rates in favor of the Standard Oil Company tank lines, saying that it was equal to four huuUmlHMH*- cent, ag.iiu-t ihe "tk dinary citizens. S]a‘ukiug of the earnings of tin* oil trust, Mr. Monett estimated that the gross receipts were $120.0(10,0(10 a year on tin* Ohio product alone, and that all was profit over four cents a gallon on refined oil. He placed the value of the earnings of the company per year as greater than the value of all the farm products of tlu* State. Referring to the necessity of emit roil ing tin* transportation agencies as an available remedy for the evils of which lie complained. Mr. Monett said that no course could he too severe .if nothing less would -produce the desired result. The States had the remedy of depriving tlu* railroad companies of their charters, and this should he resorted to if they failed to treat all equally fair. While he thought that for the past two years affairs had been drifting very rapidly to ward the control of tin* country by a few individuals, tlu* witness thought there was no great danger of its going very much further, because the masses of the people were becoming thoroughly aroused. lit* did not look upon the Gov ernment control of public utilities as an effectual remedy. In conclusion, Mr. Monett said that suits had been begun in the Ohio courts against the brewers’, the tobacco and the tin plate trusts, and also against the Central Traffic Association. There will be no more witnesses before the com mission until next Friday. A ( I,CLONE AT AKRON. Akron, ()., May 16—A cyclone strut k this city at ;> o’clock this afternoon and did much damage. The storm struck the tents of Main's circus, and they collapsed upon the crowd. Po licemen had hard work to prevent a panic, but the spectators were finally released without injury. In East Akron the Biggs Boiler Company shops were badly damaged and a portion of a stone wall fell upon the office roof, crashing through it and completely wrecking the interior. The shops of tin* Akron Sewer Pipe Company also suffered heavily. THE DEWEY HOME FUND. Washington. May I(s.—The National Committee of tin* Dewey Home Fund, has issued an address to the jieople of the United States, setting forth at length the value of Admiral Dewey’s services to the country and calling on all classes to testify their appreciation by contri butions however small. Contributions sent to Ellis 11. Roberts, Treasurer, will he acknowledged. ANT I -1M P E RIA LI STS (ONF ER. Boston, Mass., May 16.—A confer ence of members of the Anti-Imperial ist League was held at Young's Hotel today. The event of the meeting was an address delivered by ex-Governor Bout-well, President of the Anti-Impe rialist League, in which he upheld the position of Aguinalilo and undertook to answer Secretary Long. TO END THE STRIKE. Buffalo. X. Y., May 1(5. —Contractor Conners and Inspector Donovan, npimint ed by Bishop Quigley, have signed an agreement which it is expected will end the strike. FEDERATION PLEDGES AID. General Merriam’s Order Denounced by Western Union Miners. Salt Lake. Utah, May 16.—The West ern Federation of Miners, in session in this city, have adopted resolutions denouncing in strong terms General Merriam’s order that no miners shall work in the (’oner D’Alenes, without first renouncing tlie miners’ union. They pledge tlu* moral and financial slid of every national and subordinate labor organization of this continent to support, maintain and Defend the miners now under arrest at Ward net*. TO EVACUATE ZAMBOANGA. Madrid. May I(s.—General Rios, in command of the Spanish troops remain ing in tlie Philippine Islands, has cabled to the War Office here announcing that he has entered into sin agreement with Major General Otis, the American com mander. for an immediate evacuation of Zamhosingii sind Jolo. Consequently, the dispatch adds, the steamer Leon Mil has starti*d with American troops who will occupy Jolo. The Spanish General will siqierinitend the evacuation. The Americans will not occupy Zamboanga. JOHN BERRY SENTENCED. Baltimore. Mil.. May 1(5. —John Berry, the colored hoy who killed Miss Antan ada Clarke, by whom he was employed as a servant, near Bowie. Prince George county on March 10th. was to-day con victed of murder in the first degree by a jury in the criminal court, and sen tenced to he hanged by Judge Wright. He received the sentence with the same indifference-as he lias exhibited since the trial began Monday morning. FOR SAVING HER HONOR WOMAN SENTENCED TO TOUR YEARS’ IVIPf ISONMENT. Shot Thrcugh the Door and Kil ! ed the Man Who had Attack 'd Her. Efforts to St cure Htr Release. Tucson, Ariz., May 1(5. —For defending her honor and unintentionally killing the man who assailed her. an American wo man, a Mrs. (’oilier, lies in a prison at Urex. Sonera. Merit ttt with" a sm+cTTpe' of four years before her. Americans at Hermosillo and LaColorado. towns some 'distance from l’res. have just learned the facts in the ease. and. indignant at the injustice inflicted upon Mrs. (Jollier, have determined to make ,a hitter fight for her release. They have asked United States Consul Darnell to bring tin* mat ter to tlu* attention of the State De partment at. Washington, and have also engaged counsel to have the ease re opened in tin* Sonora courts. Mrs. Collier, accompanied by her brother, named Frost, left Utah a year ago and settled in Ures. The brother and sister art* Mormons. While her brother was away a Mexican entered her house and addressed the woman in Spanish. Sin* affected not to under stand him. and In* repeated it in English. Sin* repulsed him and he seized her. The woman fought to save her honor, and in the struggle they struck against a table in the room on which was a loaded revolver. Each took hold of the weapon and fought for its possession. The Mexican had tin* revolver by the barrel, the woman by the butt. While struggling they reached the doorway. The woman suddenly let go her hold, and giving the Mexican a punch, sent him through, and slamming the door, knocked the pistol from his hand. The Mexican began to kick in the door, and to frighten him Mrs. Co'lier fired the pistol through one of the panels. She aimed high, hut the bullet struck him in the forehead. A few minutes later, when Mr. Frost returned, he found the Mexican lying dead outside the door. Mrs. Collier at once surrendered to tic* authorities. Two days later, on her own statement, she was convicted of homi cide and sentenced to four years impris onment in tin* jail at l res. SITUATION IS NOT SERIOUS. Washington. May 115. —General Brooke has not reported to the War Department any serious situation in Cuba, and it is nol believed at the Department that any alarm need la* felt regarding the condition of affairs. * (Communications that General Brooke lias made to the War Department re garding tlu* situation are not given to the public, hut the officials understand thht the source of the present trouble is that the "Generals" of the Cuban army are disapiMtinteil because they are not likely to realize as much money appropriated 'or the it :)> as they think they should. FUNERAL SERVICES. Henderson, N. (’., May I(s.—(Special.) —The remains of Mr. Janies ltoilgers were brought from Lynchburg, Va., here for interment. The funeral services will Ik* held at I<> o’clock this morning by Rev. Julian E. Ingle. Mr. Rodgers was a native of lVterslmrg, hut resided here several .veal’s ago. A. I*. MEETS AT CHICAGO. Chicago. Ills.. May Hi.—The Eastern memliers of ’1 he Associated Press ar rived in Chicago from New York to night. They will attend the regular an nual meeting of the Associated I'ress. to la* held to-morrow in Reeital Hall at the Auditorium, and in the evening will Ik* present at tlu* annual banquet to he given in the Auditorium banquet hall. CHARGED WITH HIGH TREASON Plotting to Overthrow the Transvaal Republic. EIGHT ARRESTS MADE OFFICERS FORMERLY IN THE BRITISH SERVICE. INTENSE EXCITEMENT AT JOHANNESBURG Here, Where the Arres s Were Made, More Warrants have Been Issued. Incrimi nating Documents on Prisoner. Council in Secret Session. Pretoria, Transvaal Republic, May 10. — I The arrest at Johannesburg early this morning of seven alleged lormer British officers, Patterson, Tronilett, Ellis, Fries, Hooper and Mitchell, on the charge of high treason, has caused intense excitement, here. The pris oners were brought to Pretoria by special train. After they had been lodged in jail, they were visited by the Britisli diplomatic agent here. The arrests were effected by a de tective who joined the movement which, it is asserted, was for the pur pose of enrolling men in order to cause sm outbreak of rebellion. Incriminating documents were found upon the prisoners anil it is ex pected that further arrests will be made. THE OFFICERS ARRESTED. The officers arrested, who are eight in number, instead of seven, as pre viously cabled, are Captain Patterson, formerly of the Lancers; Colonel R. F. Nieholls, Lieutenant E. J. Tremlolt, Lieut. C. A. Ellis, lately a private de tective at Johannesburg; Lieut. John Allen Mitchell, formerly of tin* horse -artilelry; former Sergeants J. Fries R. 1\ Hooper anil Nichols. None of them have been in the em ploy of the British South African Chartered Company. It is s:tid that the Commissioner of Police, who hail the affair in hand, had been working up the case for four months. Mr. Beatty, the detective, who effected the arrests, received his instructions last week anil secured tlu* necessary warrants yesterday. The executive council of tin* Trans vaal is sitting in secret- session this evening, considering the arrests. AN INTERVIEW WITH KRUGER. Pretoria, May 16. —The British Agent and Charge d’Atfairs. Mr. Coi.- ynham Green, had an interview with President Kruger this afternoon and expressed regret that men who had worn the Queen’s uniform should be concerned in such a movement. I’resi dent Kruger replied that In* would not believe the prisoners were British of ficers until it had been proved, add ing that he hoped tin* affair would not interfere with tlu* proposed meeting between himself and Sir Alfred Mil ner, Governor of Cape Colony and British High Commissioner for South Africa. MORE WARRANTS ISSI ED. Johannesburg, May 16.—Further warrants have been issued. It is asserted that the officers al ready arrested were also preparing to organize a corps in Natal, the Brit ish colony between the Orange Free State and tlu* Indian Ocean, to assist the projected movement at Johannes burg. ENLISTING FOR REBELLION. Cape Town, May 1(5. —According to advices from Pretoria the charge against the prisoners is that while staying in the Ranil privately, they were really en gaged in enlisting men for the purposes of rebellion when they were ready to give the signal. It is said that the enlistment roster included 2.(100 men and that a number of 'incriminating documents were found at the time tin* arrests were made. CHAMBERLAIN IS COOL. Ivondon, May It!.—Joseph t*hamlH*r lain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, this evening said hi* had heard nothing officially regarding the arrests in the Transvaal and did not think that too serious significance ought to in* at tached to them. The news caused considerable excite ment among the members of the House, hut little disposition was manifested to credit the rumors of a rebellious con spiracy. RHODES KNOWS NOTHING. London, May 16.—The advices from Johannesburg are also probably con nected with n mysterious dispatch re ceived at Johannesburg from Preto ria on May 12th, saying a special train fully equipped with Boer artil lerymen. guns and a searchlight ap paratus was being held in readiness at the capital of the Transvaal. The statement was then declared to be without significance, but today’s news brings a more serious light on the movement and it is certain there will be a great sensation in London when the news ot’ # the arrest becomes gen erally known. Tlu* afternoon papers print dis patches from Cape Town saying seven men have been arrested at Johannes- PLUG § VE GENTS. burg and hn ve'Y.een taken to Pretoria. The Government of Cape Colony, it further appears, is considering tlu* matter secretly. The news has caused great ex citement throughout South Africa. Tlu* Standard and Diggers’ News, tin* Boer organ in Lniiluii, has a db patch from Pretoria which says tin* warrants were issued yesterday even ing by tlu* State Attorney and were executed at midnight. The dispatch adds that a plot or rebellion is al leged to have been maturing for fopr months, and that the accused who arc said to have been engaged by tlu* South African League, hail already enlisted two thousand men. Cecil Rhodes, tin* former Premier of Cape Colony, and resit.cut director of the British Chartered South African Company in Soutii Africa, informs the Associated Press that lit* has heard nothing regarding lln* arrests .made at Johannesburg and that he knows nothing about the reason for which they were made. WINSTON’S PUBLIC BUILDING. Washington Sends an Official to Exam ine the Sites. Winston, N. (’., May 1(5. —(S|HK*ial.) Mr. Edward Crane, of the Treasury De l*nrtinen,t, Washington, is here limbing over the sites offered for Winston's pub lic building. The committee appointed to select a site cannot agree and Mr. Crane will make a recommendation to the Department as simn as In* returns to Washington. A cablegram was received here today from Rev. J. 11. (Newell, saying that the Salem party had arrived safely at Herrn*- hut, Germany, and that all were well. The party are there to attend the Gene ral Synod of the Moravian church. IT KNOCKS OUT OLD AGE WOULD YOU RETAIN THE TRISKINESS OF THE H KID” AGE? Then I j*c! in'o )our Gelid Veins the Lymphatic riuid of the lender Young Goat. Chicago, Ills., May It!.— The Tribune says: "A discovery, which it is claimed, solves the problem circumventing old age, tins just been made public by Profs, .los. R. Hawley and Alex. C. Weiner, of tin* Chicago Clinical School. The return to youth, it is asserted, is produced by hypodermic injections of Ihe lymphatic fluid of animals, particu lari.v young goats. The discovery was made a year ago, and subsequent se cret demonstrations of its efficacy are proved. Tin* general theory of tin* discovery is that if the mineral di*i>osits which accu mulate in the bones in the process of life can lit* replaced with the life cells contained in the lymphatic glands of goats, deterioration of the hones will he prevented and elasticity and youth will he retained in the system much longer. A number of animals and human beings, it is said, have hen experimented on in Chicago with good results. The apostles of tin* discovery do not claim tlnil a man or woman thus charged with goats' "life cells" will, live for ever, hut they say life will he pro longed. |K*rliaps doubled. FINDS COUNTRY PROSPEROUS. Tlu* Annexation Sentiment is Growing in Cuba. Santiago dt* Cuba, May It!.—Major General Leonard Wood. Military Gover nor of the Santiago Department, arrived here yesterday after his first trip into the interior of the Province. He went to Manzanillo by steamer hut returned by the overland route, aeompanied by Lieutenant Matthew Hanna, his aide. The country traversed he found in a generally prosperous condition. Stories regarding bandits, seem for the most part to have Ik*i*ii promoted by profes sional politicians who have an interest in maintaining disturlmig conditions. Everywhere General Wood found the people anxious for greater security, and the annexation idea is undoubtedly growing in spite of all efforts on the part of agitators to the contrary. Along the while route he was re ceived with enthusiasm, and at several jKtints with very elaborate arrangements to welcome him. Decoration day services will he held on May :50th throughout the Province, particularly at Guantanamo and SI ho ney, as well as in Santiago. LAWTON NEARS SAN ISIDOR. Manila. May 1(5. —(!:2r» I*. M. —Messrs. Carriek and Holmes, the American and Canadian civilians captured at the Ca lunipit rice mill, have been released by the rebel General Luna, who saw them through his lines, with several English men) who deceived fortiy-elght hours notice to leave rebel territory. The United Stall's cruiser Charleston has arrived here from Hong Kong. The Charleston sjKike tin* Cnited States gunboat Wheeling at Lingayan. AH was quiet there. General Lawton's advance force has left San Miguel and is moving in tin* direction of San Isidor. A rain storm impeded the progress of tin* troops and severed the lint* of communication when the force was within seven miles of its destination. THE RALEIGH SAILS. Charleston, S. (’., May 1(5. —The cruiser Raleigh. Captain Coglilan. sailed at noon today for Portsmouth, where she giK-ri out of commission.